कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् ॥
पूर्वकालके मुमुक्षुओंने भी इस प्रकार जानकर कर्म किये हैं, इसलिये तू भी पूर्वजोंके द्वारा सदासे किये जानेवाले कर्मोंको ही उन्हींकी तरह कर ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Right action is the path even for those seeking freedom.”
पूर्वकालके मुमुक्षुओंने भी इस प्रकार जानकर कर्म किये हैं, इसलिये तू भी पूर्वजोंके द्वारा सदासे किये जानेवाले कर्मोंको ही उन्हींकी तरह कर ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःthus · having known · done · action · by the earlier ones · also · by seekers of freedom · do · action · indeed · therefore · you · by the earlier ones · from ancient times
People seeking freedom acted in this way before you. So you should do the same rightful work that has long been done.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग" में।
श्लोक 15 भगवद् गीता के 4वें अध्याय में है — ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 42 श्लोक हैं।
A daughter takes over her late father's grocery shop and wonders whether to sell it. Krishna's advice to Arjuna would have her keep the counter open, since others before her had the same doubts and still worked.
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Krishna points Arjuna to earlier people who sought freedom and still did their work, so he should act too.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
People seeking freedom acted in this way before you. So you should do the same rightful work that has long been done.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna reminds Arjuna, frozen before the war, that earlier people who sought freedom also understood this and still acted. The teaching pushes Arjuna back into his rightful duty.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A daughter takes over her late father's grocery shop and wonders whether to sell it. Krishna's advice to Arjuna would have her keep the counter open, since others before her had the same doubts and still worked.
“You are not inventing the path alone. Steady action has always been the way through.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक)